NTT East Corp. and NTT West Corp. said Friday that they will slash their intracity call rate to 8.5 yen per three minutes from the previously planned rate of 8.8 yen.
The new rate will take effect May 1.
The nation's telecom firms are engaged in a vicious price war ahead of the start of the Myline service in May. Myline is a new subscriber system under which customers will be able to select the company that handles their calls.
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